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2005-06 regular season

Hurricanes at Penguins

🗓 📍 PPG Paints Arena, Pittsburgh 🔁 Hurricanes lead the season series 3–1

Hurricanes beat Penguins 7–5 at PPG Paints Arena on March 4, 2006.

CAR – PIT
29–38
Shots on goal
3/6–1/8
Power play
8–20
Hits
13–10
Blocked shots
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The game

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Three stars

Best games by the box score
1st star 🌪️ CAR
Eric Staal
1 G, 3 A
3 shots · 16:41 TOI
2nd star 🌪️ CAR
Ray Whitney
1 G, 2 A
2 shots · 16:12 TOI
3rd star 🌪️ CAR
Cam Ward
33 saves
0.868 SV% · 5 GA

Scoring

12 goals · in order
1st period
🌪️ Eric Staal PP Go-ahead 1st · 09:51
Assists: Frantisek Kaberle, Ray Whitney · beat Sebastien Caron
1–0
🌪️ Ray Whitney PP 1st · 11:32
Assists: Cory Stillman, Eric Staal · beat Sebastien Caron
2–0
🌪️ Erik Cole SH 1st · 13:22
Assists: Craig Adams, Bret Hedican · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
3–0
🌪️ Kevyn Adams 1st · 14:19
Assists: Rod Brind'Amour · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
4–0
🌪️ Rod Brind'Amour 1st · 18:20
Assists: Glen Wesley, Justin Williams · beat Marc-Andre Fleury
5–0
2nd period
🐧 Mark Recchi PP 2nd · 00:57
Assists: Sergei Gonchar, Ryan Whitney · beat Cam Ward
5–1
🐧 Konstantin Koltsov 2nd · 10:08
Assists: Michel Ouellet, Jani Rita · beat Cam Ward
5–2
🌪️ Erik Cole 2nd · 12:07
Assists: Eric Staal, Cory Stillman · beat Sebastien Caron
6–2
🐧 John LeClair 2nd · 14:01
Assists: Eric Boguniecki, Ryan Malone · beat Cam Ward
6–3
3rd period
🐧 Mark Recchi 3rd · 02:53
Assists: Ryan Whitney, Colby Armstrong · beat Cam Ward
6–4
🌪️ Cory Stillman PP 3rd · 05:53
Assists: Ray Whitney, Eric Staal · beat Sebastien Caron
7–4
🐧 Mark Recchi 3rd · 14:58
Assists: Sidney Crosby, Sergei Gonchar · beat Cam Ward
7–5

Lines & pairings

Estimated from ice time
🌪️Hurricanes
L1 Stillman · Brind'Amour · Williams 20:38
L2 Whitney · Cullen · Staal 16:41
L3 Cole · Weight · Adams 13:06
L4 Nordgren · Adams 10:52
D1 Ward · Hedican 21:48
D2 Wallin · Wesley 16:09
D3 Kaberle · Tverdovsky 13:25
D4 Commodore 7:22
🐧Penguins
L1 Malone · Crosby · Recchi 22:14
L2 LeClair · Christensen · Armstrong 17:45
L3 Koltsov · Boguniecki · Ouellet 13:17
L4 Surovy · Rita · Roy 8:01
D1 Gonchar · Whitney 23:34
D2 Scuderi · Melichar 16:04
D3 Jackman · Orpik 14:10

Team stats

Away left · home right
🌪️CAR PIT🐧
29 Shots on goal 38
3/6 Power play (goals / chances) 1/8
8 Hits 20
13 Blocked shots 10
1 Takeaways 3
1 Giveaways 7
23 Penalty minutes 30
CAR shooting 24.1% (7/29) PIT shooting 13.2% (5/38)

Goaltending

Saves, shots faced and save percentage
🌪️Hurricanes
Cam Ward
33/38
.868 SV% · 5 GA · 60:00 TOI
🐧Penguins
Sebastien Caron
21/25
.840 SV% · 4 GA · 50:21 TOI
Marc-Andre Fleury
1/4
.250 SV% · 3 GA · 08:24 TOI

Period by period

AI
After 2nd — 6–3
Hurricanes
Hurricanes — leading by 3 goals after 2nd: 5-0 (100% win rate, 5 games)
Penguins
Penguins — trailing by 3 goals after 2nd: 0-7 (0% win rate, 7 games)

Last meetings

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Hurricanes lead the season series 3–1
Feb 102006 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 4–3 Oct 292005 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 5–3 Oct 72005 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 2–3 SO Mar 192004 🌪️CAR @ 🐧PIT 3–4 OT Dec 182003 🐧PIT @ 🌪️CAR 1–2 OT
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Who won Hurricanes vs Penguins on March 4, 2006?

Hurricanes won 7–5. The final score was Hurricanes 7, Penguins 5.

Who scored for Hurricanes?

Erik Cole (2), Cory Stillman, Eric Staal, Kevyn Adams, Ray Whitney, Rod Brind'Amour.

Who scored for Penguins?

Mark Recchi (3), John LeClair, Konstantin Koltsov.

How did the Hurricanes goalie play?

Cam Ward made 33 saves on 38 shots (.868 save percentage).

How did the Penguins goalie play?

Sebastien Caron made 21 saves on 25 shots (.840 save percentage).

Where is Hurricanes vs Penguins played?

At PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, the Penguins home rink.

What is the Hurricanes vs Penguins season series?

Hurricanes lead the season series 3–1 after 4 games.

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Around this game

Before and after, for both teams
🌪️ Hurricanes
BeforeMar 3 🐆FLA @ 🌪️CAR 2–5 AfterMar 6 🌪️CAR @ 🗽NYR 2–1
🐧 Penguins
BeforeMar 1 🏛️OTT @ 🐧PIT 4–3 AfterMar 7 ⚡TBL @ 🐧PIT 5–4
Also on March 4
🧥CBJ 2–3 👑LAK 🏛️OTT 4–2 🍁TOR 🔔PHI 2–4 🏝️NYI 🦅WSH 2–3 🐦ATL ⚔️BUF 3–2 🐻BOS 🇨🇦MTL 6–2 ⚡TBL 🗽NYR 1–2 😈NJD 🏔️COL 3–5 ⭐DAL
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